Ukraine launches passenger river passages from the port of Izmail to the port of Tulcea in Romania.
This was reported in the Ministry of Infrastructure.
According to the press service of the Ministry, from March 9 the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company will start regular free transportation services on the route Izmail (Ukraine) - Tulcea (Romania).
"Women, children and men over the age of 60 who want to get to Romania will be able to use the evacuation transportation. Departures will take place from the berths of the Izmail seaport twice a day," – the Ministry of Infrastructure.
The department published the following schedule:
departure (Izmail) - 08:00 am, arrival (Tulcea) - 10:30 am;
departure (Izmail) - 14:00 pm, arrival (Tulcea) - 15:30pm.
As a reminder, since the beginning of the war of Russia against Ukraine 1,7 mln Ukrainians have fled the country. This was reported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
As of the evening of March 6, Ukrzaliznytsia had transported 1.59 mil people from the east, center and south of Ukraine to the west.